美国加州洛杉矶分校生物信息学方向博士后岗位

Postdoctoral Fellow (Bioinformatics-focused) : Los Angeles, United States
Employer: UCLA - University of California, Los Angeles
Location: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Type: Postdoctoral
Posted: November 20, 2011
Expires: January 11, 2012

job description

Postdoctoral Fellow (Bioinformatics-focused)

This position is open immediately in the Lo Laboratory, which is focused on melanoma research in the following thematic areas:

• Discovering somatically mutated genes in melanoma using exon capture and next-generation sequencing and studying these genes in the pathogenesis of melanoma.
• Understand the mechanisms of primary and acquired resistance to targeted therapies (including B-RAF inhibitors) using integrated genomic technologies.

We are affiliated with the Department of Medicine/Division of Dermatology, Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, and the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (Tumor Cell Biology Program) at the University of California, Los Angeles.

The ideal candidates must have experience with RNA expression profiles (GO, GSEA, etc.), exome and RNA-seq data, and tools of handling large data sets. Fluency in English and strong written and oral communication skills are pre-requisites; US permanent residency or citizenship is not required. Interested individuals should have at least one first-authored publication in a peer-reviewed journal. Please forward a CV along with three letters of recommendation, one of which from the doctoral thesis advisor, to rlo@mednet.ucla.edu.

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